Dhanteras 1903 in Diffa, Niger Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:27–19:15, Sun 18 Oct
Festival · times in GMT
When is Dhanteras 1903 in Diffa?
Sunday 18 October
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Full panchang for Sun 18 Oct in DiffaDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:57–19:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:36 to 19:24.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1903 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Sun 18 Oct in Diffa?
Dhanteras is on Sun 18 Oct: Trayodashi touches pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:57–19:24. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:36 to 19:24.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 21:35. Trayodashi: 21:35 to 19:20 Sun.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:20; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 21:35 Sat to 19:20.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Trayodashi runs from 21:35 on Sat 17 Oct to 19:20 on Sun 18 Oct, so it touches only Sunday’s pradosha (16:57–19:24). No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
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Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Trayodashi holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.